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ZAANDAM (incorrectly SAAuDAM)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 948 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ZAANDAM (incorrectly SAAuDAM)  , a
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town of
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Holland, inthe
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province of
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North Holland, on the
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river Zaan, 62 m . N.W of
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Amsterdam, with which it is connected by railway and steamer . Pop . (1905) 23,773 . It is of typically Dutch
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appearance, with
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low, brightly coloured houses . It has an important
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trade in
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timber, and numerous windmills in the vicinity provide
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power for oil,
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cement and
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paper
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works, timber-sawing and
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corn-grinding . At
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Zaandam is preserved the wooden hut which
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Peter the
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Great occupied for a
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week in 1697 while studying
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shipbuilding and paper-making .

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